Tongli Water Town Visit and Courtyard Lifestyle Experience at Jinze Water Village

Highlights

Enjoy lunch, a tea ceremony, and a dumpling class in a courtyard teahouse
Travel in a group limited to eight in a Wi-Fi–enabled minivan
Relax with round-trip transportation from central Shanghai

Summary

Greet your guide and small group outside your central Shanghai hotel and travel to the ancient water town of Tongli in air-conditioned comfort. Enjoy a walking tour of this ancient town with its picturesque alleyways and scenic canals, and visit the UNESCO-listed Retreat and Reflection Garden. Your next stop is the less-visited water village of Jinze, where some buildings date back 1,000 years. Visit a courtyard teahouse for a cooking demonstration and 8-course lunch washed down with juice, wine, beer, tea, or Chinese spirits. Next, enjoy a Chinese tea ceremony and, if you’d like, try your hand at calligraphy. Learn to make dumplings with your host and eat them as a light supper before your guide drops you back at your hotel.

Tour info

Duration

8 hours

Why take this tour?

Delve deeper into Chinese culture than you ever could independently on this cultural tour. First, explore Tongli Town and Jinze Ancient Town. Then, visit a traditional courtyard teahouse for an 8-course lunch (with drinks), a tea ceremony, and a dumpling-making class. You can even try your hand at Chinese calligraphy. A small group size means you receive plenty of personal attention, and Shanghai hotel pickup and drop-off add extra convenience.

What’s included?

Tour guide
Comfortable minivan with driver
Home-style lunch
Tea ceremony
Dumpling cooking session
Drinks: fresh juice, beer, wine, Chinese Baijiu Mao Tai, tea
Free 4G wifi available during the tour
Gratuities
Personal expense

Things to know

Before you book

Duration: 8h
Mobile tickets accepted
Instant confirmation

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

Operator Website

Operated by:

Miki Tours & Transfer and Tickets Service

About operator:

Dear Traveller, this is Miki, welcome to my tours around Shanghai and China. Being in tourism industry for 10 years and with travelling experience and living experience in many countries, I founded Miki Tours 2012. Miki Tours offers very personal private tours cater any size of group from solo travelers, family with kids to company events, Transfer and Tickets Service, we like to remain a small company only hire top notch guide not only super knowledgeable but also must be very kind hearted and sweet, we have six guides based in Shanghai, one guide in Beijing, one in Guilin, one is Chengdu, one in Xi’ An, one in Guangzhou and one in Hongkong. We are not only guides colleagues, also great friends who often travel together to discover more hidden gems of China , and learning tea culture together sharing our passion for tea, oh, almost forget we are also experts for dumplings making , to know us more, feel free email or WhatsApp or call us , we are very happy to hear you.......